Make up 6 sentences with Present Perfect Continuous and Present Perfect.

a) Reporting questions and commands:

Reporting a question that starts with a question word:

The structure is: Reporting verb + question word + clause.

Example: Pat asked Sam if they could swim in the river.

Reporting a yes/no question:

The structure is: Reporting verb + if/whether + subject + verb.

Example: Mum asked me to turn off the light.

Tense changes in reported questions:

Present simple -> Past simple

Present continuous -> Past continuous

Present perfect -> Past perfect

Past simple -> Past perfect

Will -> Would

Can -> Could

May -> Might

Example: She asked me what time the film started.

Reporting a positive/negative command:

The structure is: Reporting verb + (not) + infinitive verb (without "to").

Example: He told me not to use my car.

b) Reported questions and commands:

1 Pat asked Sam if they could swim in the river.

2 Mum told me to turn off the light.

3 Jack asked if I was going to the zoo.

4 She asked me what time the film started.

5 He told me not to use my car.

6 John asked me why I had thrown the box away.